Perhaps they’ll draw briefs at dawn…

Sen. Doug Jackson has come out with his own legal analysis of a group of Metro Council members’ plan to keep guns out of beer joints, and not surprisingly, it upholds his view that guns should be permitted in all Tennessee restaurants.

In a statement released today, Jackson cited Tennessee Code Annotated 39-17-1314, which says that local governments don’t have the right to regulate firearms.

No city, county, or metropolitan government shall occupy any part of the field of regulation of the transfer, ownership, possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition or components of firearms or combinations thereof …

Supporters of the proposed Metro ordinance, however, believe they have the authority through the state’s alcohol laws. They point to TCA 57-5-106.